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04-Feb-06, 03:11 PM
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Hey guys. I am new here, and was just wanting some help.
What type of snake is black with a silver belly, and small sort of diamonds on its back???
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04-Feb-06, 03:42 PM
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Hey scaredofsnakes.
Welcome! I love the way you described the snake. So, is it a diamond python after all?
Cheers, Lily
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04-Feb-06, 03:47 PM
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Until you know otherwise it is a venomous snake and potentially lethal.
There is insufficient information in your deiscription to make a proper identification.
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04-Feb-06, 04:07 PM
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thank you everyone. im actually asking for a friend. The snake was seen in the Barma forest near Kyabram in country Victoria
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04-Feb-06, 04:57 PM
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it could even be a small eyed snake
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04-Feb-06, 06:23 PM
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or a brown
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04-Feb-06, 06:31 PM
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Sounds so pretty though, black with a silver belly and small diamonds on it's back, like a sprinkling of stars. Could a nasty old mean old brown snake be so pretty?
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04-Feb-06, 06:36 PM
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Browns come in nearly any colour, some can have quite striking patterning, Infact most browns ive seen havent been brown in colour.
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04-Feb-06, 06:45 PM
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Who was the jokester who named them "brown" snake, then??!!  |
04-Feb-06, 06:48 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-05 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 | | | |
maybe a broad headed snake?
dont know where abouts there found but they look like little diamond pythons
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04-Feb-06, 06:50 PM
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That's why it makes it so hard.. How is someone trying to learn about snakes supposed to identify a brown?.. they differ so much. What's the best thing to look for?
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04-Feb-06, 06:55 PM
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When identifing oz snakes you bypass the colour and go straight for the morphology of the animal.
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04-Feb-06, 06:56 PM
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A picture speaks a thousand words.
Can you show us a photo of the specimen in question  : .
We can only make a positive ID from a good photograph or an educated guess from a far more detailed description.
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04-Feb-06, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TrueBlue When identifing oz snakes you bypass the colour and go straight for the morphology of the animal. | That is fair enough, but what about new comers.. how does one learn this?
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